Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 v.14.xx - Manual (Page 476)

Radial Filter in Camera Raw | Photoshop CC
Highlight portions of a photo, or enhance specific regions with localized corrections
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Applying a Radial Filter to enhance a photo
Keyboard shortcuts and modifiers for the Radial Filter tool
To fully control where a viewer's attention is drawn to on a photo, highlight the subject of the image. Some filters that create a vignetting effect
help you achieve that purpose. However, such filters require the main subject to be in the center of the photo.
Radial filters in Adobe Camera Raw 8.0 enable you to direct attention to specific portions of the image to where you want the viewer to focus
attention. For example, you can use the Radial Filter tool to draw an elliptical shape around the subject, and increase the exposure and clarity of
the area within the shape to bring more attention to the subject. The subject can be off-center, or anywhere in the photography.
The main workflow to modify a photo with Radial Filters is outlined below:
1. Open a photo in the Adobe Camera Raw plug-in.
2. Identify one or more subjects that must attract the viewer's attention
3. Set up:
(Optional) A Radial filter to weaken focus on the background
A Radial filter to highlight the subject
Additional Radial filters, if you have more than one subject to highlight
The subject of the photo is not clearly visible in the original photo (left), but is highlighted using a Radial Filter (right)
Applying a Radial Filter to enhance a photo
1. Do one of the following:
Open a camera raw file, or,
With an image open in Photoshop, click Filter > Camera Raw Filter.
2. Select the Radial Filter tool from the toolbar.
Press J to toggle the Radial Filter tool.
3. Use the New and Edit radio button options to choose whether you want to create a filter, or edit an existing filter.
4. Do one of the following:
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